Jmw5964 my experience is most people use the hand over hand method to land a fish when using tip downs. Power pro and other braided lines will cut your skin if the fish makes a run while line is in your hand/fingers. Also if line gets wrapped around your hand/fingers and the fish runs braided line will cut into your skin. If you feel comfortable playing the fish while wearing gloves with leather palms/fingers give braided line a try and see how you like it's performance. The tip downs I'm familiar with use Schooley reels on the rod so don't think you would gain that much line using the braid.
Steve